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Top Stories for the Week of March 26, 2007 Print Full Issue   Click Here For Regional Coverage Tweeter To Close 49 Units In Restructuring CANTON, MA-The closures will leave the home-electronics retailer with 104 total stores, and management says it will now focus on the company’s prototype units. Private Equity Takes Claire’s For $3.1B PEMBROKE PINES, FL-Apollo Management is acquiring the 3,300-store girl’s accessories retailer for $33 per share in its latest retail purchase. Macerich Launches 1M-SF-Plus Mall Makeover FREEHOLD, NJ-The year-long renovation of the 1.4 million-sf property coincides with a 100,000-sf expansion project that began earlier this year. Borders Prioritizes Superstores, Cuts Waldens ANN ARBOR, MI-Borders is closing 250 of its Waldenbooks stores and scaling back its overseas operations as it focuses on US superstores. Hancock Fabrics To Close 104 Stores BALDWYN, MS-The crafts retailer is closing 104 units after its earlier announcement of vacating 30 locations, leaving it with about 270 stores. Print Top Stories

Features Back Yard Burgers’ Michael “The cost of developing sites today has gone up fairly dramatically in the last couple of years.” The Many Starbucks Coffee Shops The ubiquitous coffee purveyor that opens approximately seven units every day has also spawned dozens of chains large and small. When Companies Over Invest "A retailer can’t afford to be shy about having its weaknesses thoroughly assessed."

Regional Coverage
Northeast     Print Full Region • Weather Hurts Charming Shoppes’ Q4 Comps • Bed Bath & Beyond Enters Baby Business • 520,000-SF Mixed-Use Project Gets Under Way • $30M Worcester Crossing Project Gains Approvals • 10 Rittenhouse Condo Snags Barneys Co-Op • 85,000-SF Shopping Center Trades for $22M • Northstar Buys Clinton Commons for $12M • Crate & Barrel Takes 34,000 SF at Cherry Hill Mall • NYC Firm To Bring $1B Park to Dubai • Blackstone Files Estimated $4B IPO	Southeast     Print Full Region • Kirkland Makes Off-Mall Its Majority • Olive Garden Continues To Grow Units • Movie Gallery Poised for Video-On-Demand • 100,000-SF Center Moves to Houston Buyer for $19M • Fitness Center Signs 45,000-SF Lease
Midwest     Print Full Region • Applebee’s Dishes Out Restaurant Closings • Cosi Ramps Up Franchise-Owned Growth • Developer Adding 41,844 SF to Retail Center • Isle of Capri To Buy Casino Aztar for $45M	Southwest     Print Full Region • Hancock Fabrics Files For Bankruptcy • Bombay Pushes Bricks-and-Mortar Cuts • Vestar Pipeline At 7.7M SF This Year • Investcorp Sells 66,840-SF Shopping Center • Retail, Hotel Will Reseed Dealership Site • Cafe R&D Gets Prized Site for Texas Inroad • Vegas Player Gains Clearance for $50M Casino
West     Print Full Region • Housing Hurts Williams-Sonoma Results • Nordstrom Inks LOI for Summerlin Store • Ruffin Negotiating Sale of Strip Site for $1.2B • Investwest Adds 110,000 SF to Retail Center • Land Negotiations Ongoing for $1B Park • Harbor Properties Selling U-District Properties • Anchor Tenants Sign at 120,000-SF Center